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Semillas de Triunfo launches second chapter in Connecticut
CienciaPR's executive director Greetchen Díaz Muñoz always dreamed of growing Semillas de Triunfo, one of the…
Meet Our YCA 2024 Fellows
YCA is pleased to welcome 24 talented biomedical or health sciences PhD students from 23 different…
Marcos Berríos receives astronaut "wings" from fellow Puerto Rican Joseph Acabá
"I hope to make you proud," says the new astronaut as he sends a message to Puerto Rico during an interview with El Nuevo Dia…
José A. Rodríguez-Martínez: Interrogating Proteins
Translated by Charlene Rivera-Bonet
Symptom tracking is vital to control contagion of COVID-19 in Puerto Rico
Executives from Ponce Health Sciences University and the Puerto Rico Public Health Trust explain how the COVID-19…
With Eyes towards the Sky: From Puerto Rico to Yale and back again.
When astrophysicist Dr. Héctor Arce returned home to Puerto Rico in October of 2015, it was to bring a handful of Yale…
Puerto Rico close to a massive coral reef loss
Due to the warming ocean temperatures, coral reefs around Puerto Rico have been under stress for more than 7 weeks in a row,…
Protecting coral reefs from sunscreen
A team of scientists and students at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez developed a material with magnetic properties…
José Hernández Ayala: A Research Leader in Geographic Climatology
Climatology, the study of weather changes over time, is a prominent scientific field often cited in the media. Sonoma State…
Natural spaces being restored following Hurricanes Irma and Maria
The organization Mercy Corps, in collaboration with other entities, is leading several environmental recovery and…
Early detection against colorectal cancer is key
According to the American Cancer Society, every person should get tested for colorectal cancer at age 50. Early detection is…
The Arecibo Observatory studies two huge asteroids
A pair of space rocks measuring near half a kilometer will pass close to earth in the coming days. Even though their distance…